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来自ALFALFA巡天的超致密高速云目录:Local Group星系候选者?

A Catalog of Ultra-compact High Velocity Clouds from the ALFALFA Survey: Local Group Galaxy Candidates?

Elizabeth A. K. Adams, Riccardo Giovanelli, Martha P. Haynes

摘要:

我们提出了一个目录的59个超紧凑的高速云(UCHVC)提取的40%完成ALCARFA HI线调查。阿尔法UCHVC的中位通量密度为1.34 Jy km/s,中位角直径为10 ',中位速度宽度为23 km/s。我们表明,完整的UCHVC人口不能轻易地与已知的人口的高速云。在这里介绍的59个云中,只有11个也出现在从GALFA-HI调查中提取的紧凑云目录中,这表明了这个单独的数据集和分析的实用性。根据它们的天空分布和观测性质,我们推断ALOKFA UCHVC与它们可能是局域体积内的非常低质量星系的假设是一致的。在这种情况下,它们的大部分重子将以气体的形式存在,并且由于它们的恒星含量很低,它们仍然无法被现有的光学测量所识别。在~1 Mpc的距离上,UCHVC的中性氢(HI)质量为~10^5 - 10^6太阳质量,HI直径为~2-3 kpc,HI范围内的指示动力学质量为~10^7 - 10^8太阳质量,与本星系群超暗矮星Leo T相似。最近ALUCHFA发现的恒星形成,贫金属,低质量星系狮子座P证明了这一假设至少在一个情况下是正确的。在这里介绍的单个UCHVC的情况下,确认它们的河外性质将需要进一步的工作,例如识别光学对应物以限制它们的距离。

英文摘要:

We present a catalog of 59 ultra-compact high velocity clouds (UCHVCs) extracted from the 40% complete ALFALFA HI-line survey. The ALFALFA UCHVCs have median flux densities of 1.34 Jy km/s, median angular diameters of 10', and median velocity widths of 23 km/s. We show that the full UCHVC population cannot easily be associated with known populations of high velocity clouds. Of the 59 clouds presented here, only 11 are also present in the compact cloud catalog extracted from the commensal GALFA-HI survey, demonstrating the utility of this separate dataset and analysis. Based on their sky distribution and observed properties, we infer that the ALFALFA UCHVCs are consistent with the hypothesis that they may be very low mass galaxies within the Local Volume. In that case, most of their baryons would be in the form of gas, and because of their low stellar content, they remain unidentified by extant optical surveys. At distances of ~1 Mpc, the UCHVCs have neutral hydrogen (HI) masses of ~10^5 -10^6 M_sun, HI diameters of ~2-3 kpc, and indicative dynamical masses within the HI extent of ~10^7 - 10^8 M_sun, similar to the Local Group ultra-faint dwarf Leo T. The recent ALFALFA discovery of the star-forming, metal-poor, low mass galaxy Leo P demonstrates that this hypothesis is true in at least one case. In the case of the individual UCHVCs presented here, confirmation of their extragalactic nature will require further work, such as the identification of an optical counterpart to constrain their distance.

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